Wherever the floor is, and I think that it is been established now, it is a lot less at the consumer level than for most of the economy. Government spending is actually growing sharply in an attempt to offset the loss of consumer demand. However, the bad news about collapsing government revenues has not hit home yet. Recall, it is only the federal government that can print fiat money. The rest have to collect taxes.
California is ugly, but there are hundreds of jurisdictions that are going to be in shock before this is over.
In the meantime, the degenerating housing market continues to eat away at household finances and sound financial institutions.. This will not end until this problem is finally addressed and it will not simply go away. This is what can give us 1932 all over again.
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